Thomas Ruff @ Sprüth Magers

2-TIMES · ArtThomas Ruff, ‘press++’ @ Sprüth Magers, Berlin — “The image comes to be considered in terms of artistic value when it is slowly severed from its source...” The exhibition: Is Ruff's first solo with Sprüth Magers in Berlin, presenting a new series of works, all of which are being shown for the first time, and are inspired by images that have been published in American newspapers and magazines from the 1920's to 1970's.Method: To produce these works, Ruff scans the front and back of each photograph and combines them digitally, taking into account the original image as well as crops, touch-ups, date stamps, scribbles and smudges.—Each of these marks varies in line, colour, and implement used; a red stamp, an inky blue fingerprint, a biro squiggle.